From fultech!uucp@uunet.ca Fri Jun 17 09:27:10 1994 Received: from eunet.EU.net by dkuug.dk with SMTP id AA16733 (5.65c8/IDA-1.4.4j for ); Sat, 18 Jun 1994 02:57:36 +0200 Received: from fultech.UUCP (uunet@localhost) by eunet.EU.net (8.6.8/8.6.4) with UUCP id CAA04330 for dkuug!i18n; Sat, 18 Jun 1994 02:57:32 +0200 Received: from seraph.uunet.ca by relay2.UU.NET with SMTP (rama) id QQwutf25141; Fri, 17 Jun 1994 20:56:30 -0400 Received: from fultech by mail.uunet.ca with UUCP id <90561-1>; Fri, 17 Jun 1994 20:56:09 -0400 Received: by fultech.com (smail2.5) id AA15514; 17 Jun 94 13:27:32 EDT (Fri) Date: Fri, 17 Jun 1994 13:27:10 -0400 From: glens@fultech.com Message-Id: <9406171727.AA10640@ruby.fulcrum> To: bealle@torolab6.vnet.ibm.com, cpwg-mail@revcan.ca, paref@vm1.ulaval.ca, umavs@torolab6.vnet.ibm.com, ALB@immedia.ca, cpwg-mail-request@revcan.ca Subject: Re: (TC304.188) Decimal delimiter: presentation params should not fo Cc: i18n@dkuug.dk, sc22wg20@dkuug.dk, tc304@dkuug.dk X-Charset: ASCII X-Char-Esc: 29 I disagree strongly. Function keys are not mnemonic or intuitive and are therefore distincrtly unfriendly to inexperienced users. One of the best things about a GUI is the lack of the need for function keys. For data entry, users will want to use the separator characters that they are familiar with, or that appear in hard copy that is being entered. Having said that, I don't see why the LOCALE numeric and monetary specifications aren't sufficient to handle input. Whether the sparators get converted into a generic code after entry is surely an internal implementation issue. /glen ----- Begin Included Message ----- Date: Fri, 17 Jun 1994 16:20:00 -0400 > From: ALB@immedia.ca ---------- Keld suggestion is well intended, but it would not solve the problem of ease of switching from language to language. Why having to specify a parameter when the function is the same for everybody on input? When you input, you input. If it is to be fed back on a screen, it is a presentation matter and then you show the character specified in the LOCALE and even the thousand (or chunck) separator. For input you should use a function (you press a function key), not a character (not a character key), to indicate the system you want to delimit the integer from the residual, fractionary part of the whole number. It should even not generate a control character (at least not necessarily)... Alain ----- End Included Message -----